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PCF2116 family
(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

LCD controller/drivers

Product specification
Supersedes data of October 1994
File under Integrated Circuits, IC12

1996 Oct 25

Philips Semiconductors Product specification

LCD controller/drivers

FEATURES

• Single chip LCD controller/driver

• 1 or 2-line display of up to 24 characters per line, or

2 or 4 lines of up to 12 characters per line

• 5 × 7 character format plus cursor; 5 × 8 for kana
(Japanese syllabary) and user defined symbols

• On-chip:
– generation of LCD supply voltage (external supply

also possible)
– generation of intermediate LCD bias voltages
– oscillator requires no external components (external

clock also possible)

• Display data RAM: 80 characters

• Character generator ROM: 240 characters

• Character generator RAM: 16 characters

2

• 4 or 8-bit parallel bus or 2-wire I

• CMOS/TTL compatible

• 32 row, 60 column outputs

• MUX rates 1 : 32 and 1 : 16

• Uses common 11 code instruction set

• Logic supply voltage range, VDD− VSS: 2.5 to 6 V

• Display supply voltage range, VDD− V

• Low power consumption.

C-bus interface

: 3.5 to 9 V

LCD

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

The letter X in PCF2116X or PCF2114X specifies the
character set in the character generator ROM (CGROM).
The different character sets currently available are
specified by the letters A, C, G and J (see Figs 8 to 11).
Set ‘A’ in PCF2116A characterises the built-in standard
character set. Other character sets are available on
request.

The PCF2116 is a low-power CMOS LCD controller and
driver, designed to drive a split screen dot matrix LCD
display of 1 or 2 lines by 24 characters or 2 or 4 lines by
12 characters with 5 × 8 dot format. All necessary
functions for the display are provided in a single chip,
including on-chip generation of LCD bias voltages,
resulting in a minimum of external components and lower
system power consumption. The chip contains a character
generator and displays alphanumeric and kana
characters. The PCF2116 interfaces to most
microcontrollers via a 4 or 8-bit bus or via the 2-wire

2

C-bus.

I
The PCF2116K differs from the existing PCF2116 family

only in the V

LCD/VOP

generation section.

APPLICATIONS

• Telecom equipment

• Portable instruments

• Point of sale terminals.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The PCF2116 family of LCD controller/drivers consists of
2 similar members: PCF2116X and PCF2114X, later
referred to as PCF2116. The specific differences are
expressed in separate paragraphs for PCF2116X and
PCF2114X respectively.

ORDERING INFORMATION

TYPE NUMBER

NAME DESCRIPTION VERSION

PCF2114XU/2116XU 116 FFC116 −
PCF2116KH/KHZ LQFP128 plastic low profile quad flat package; 128 leads;

body 14 × 20 × 1.4 mm

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Packages

• PCF2116XU/10; chip on FFC

• PCF2114XU/10; chip on FFC

• PCF2116XU/12; chip with bumps on FFC

• PCF2114XU/12; chip with bumps on FFC

• PCF2116K; LQFP128 (14 × 20 mm)

• Pin grid array PGA144 (samples only).

For further details see Chapters “Bonding pad locations”
and “Package outline”.

PACKAGE

SOT425-1

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LCD controller/drivers

BLOCK DIAGRAM

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BIAS

VOLTAGE

GENERATOR

LCD

V

DD

V

V

SS

T1

0

93, 95, 97

GENERATOR

92

104, 106

109, 112

111

V

LCD

V

6

8

DATA

REGISTER (DR)

C1 to C60

68, 65 to 38
35 to 5

60

COLUMN DRIVERS

60

DATA LATCHES

60

SHIFT REGISTER

5 x 12-bit

5

CURSOR + DATA CONTROL

5

CHARACTER

GENERATOR

RAM

(CGRAM)

16

CHARACTERS

8

DISPLAY DATA RAM

(DDRAM) 80 CHARACTERS

BUSY
FLAG

CHARACTER
GENERATOR

ROM

(CGROM)

240

CHARACTERS

7

ADDRESS

COUNTER (AC)

7

INSTRUCTION

DECODER

8

INSTRUCTION
REGISTER (IR)

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

R1 to R32

84 to 77, 115 to 122
76 to 69, 123 to 128,
1 and 4

32

ROW DRIVERS

32

SHIFT REGISTER

32-BIT

PCF2116

OSCILLATOR

GENERATOR

7

DISPLAY
ADDRESS
COUNTER

POWER - ON

TIMING

RESET

102

OSC

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105, 103,

4

98, 96

DB0 to DB3 DB4 to DB7 E

94, 91,

89, 87

78 8

I/O BUFFER

4

108 110 113

R/W

Fig.1 Block diagram.

RS

88

SCL90SDA

107

MGA797 - 1

SA0

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LCD controller/drivers

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

PINNING

SYMBOL LQFP128 PIN FFC PAD DESCRIPTION

R31 1 27 LCD row driver output
n.c. 2 and 3 − not connected
R32 4 28 LCD row driver output
C60 to C30 5 to 35 29 to 59 LCD column driver outputs 60 to 30
n.c. 36 and 37 − not connected
C29 to C2 38 to 65 60 to 87 LCD column driver outputs 29 to 2
n.c. 66 and 67 − not connected
C1 68 88 LCD column driver output 1
R24 to R17 69 to 76 89 to 96 LCD row driver outputs
R8 to R1 77 to 84 97 to 104 LCD row driver outputs
n.c. 85 and 86 − not connected
DB7 87 105 bidirectional data bus

2

SCL 88 106 I
DB6 89 107 bidirectional data bus
SDA 90 108 I
DB5 91 109 bidirectional data bus
V
V

0
LCD1

92 110 control input for V

93 111 LCD supply voltage
DB4 94 112 bidirectional data bus
V

LCD2

95 113 LCD supply voltage
DB3 96 114 bidirectional data bus
V

LCD3

97 115 LCD supply voltage
DB2 98 116 bidirectional data bus
n.c. 99 to 101 − not connected
OSC 102 1 oscillator/external clock input
DB1 103 2 bidirectional data bus
V

DD2

104 3 supply voltage
DB0 105 4 bidirectional data bus
V

DD1

106 5 supply voltage
SA0 107 6 I
E 108 7 data bus clock
V

SS1

W 110 9 read/write

R/

109 8 ground (logic)

T1 111 10 test pad (connect to V
V

SS2

112 11 ground (logic)
RS 113 12 register select
n.c. 114 − not connected
R9 to R16 115 to 122 13 to 20 LCD row driver outputs
R25 to R30 123 to 128 21 to 26 LCD row driver outputs

C-bus serial clock input

2

C-bus serial data input/output

LCD

2

C-bus address pin

)

SS

PCF2116 family

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R30

R29

R28

128

127

126

1

R31

2

n.c.

3

n.c.

4

R32

5

C60

6

C59

7

C58

8

C57

9

C56

10

C55

11

C54

12

C53

13

C52
C51

14
15

C50

16

C49

17

C48

18

C47

19

C46

20

C45

21

C44

22

C43

23

C42

24

C41

25

C40

26

C39

27

C38

28

C37

29

C36

30

C35

31

C34

32

C33

33

C32

34

C31

35

C30

36

n.c.
n.c.

37
38

C29

R27

125

R26

124

R25

123

R16

122

R15

121

R14

120

R13
119

R12

R11

118

117

PCF2116

R10

116

R9

115

n.c.

114

RS

113

V

112

SS2

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

DD2

T1

111

R/W

110

V

109

SS1

E

108

SA0
107

DD1

V

DB0VDB1

106

105

104

103

102
101
100

99
98
97
96
95
94
93
92
91
90
89
88
87
86
85
84
83
82
81
80
79
78
77
76
75
74
73
72
71
70
69
68
67
66
65

OSC
n.c.
n.c.
n.c.
DB2

V

LCD3
DB3
V

LCD2
DB4

V

LCD1
V

0
DB5

SDA
DB6

SCL
DB7
n.c.
n.c.
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
R17
R18
R19
R20
R21
R22
R23
R24
C1

n.c.
n.c.

C2

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C28

C27

C26

C25

C24

C23

C22

C21

48

495051525354555657585960616263

C20

C19

C18

C17

C16

C15

C14

C13

C12

C9C8C7C6C5C4C3

C11

C10

Fig.2 Pin configuration.

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LCD controller/drivers

PIN FUNCTIONS
RS: register select

RS selects the register to be accessed for read and write.
RS = logic 0 selects the instruction register for write and
the busy flag and address counter for read. RS = logic 1
selects the data register for both read and write. There is
an internal pull-up on pin RS.

W: read/write

R/

R/W selects either the read (R/W = logic 1) or write
(R/W = logic 0) operation. There is an internal pull-up on
this pin.

E: data bus clock

The E pin is set HIGH to signal the start of a read or write
operation. Data is clocked in or out of the chip on the
negative edge of the clock.

DB0 to DB7: data bus

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

OSC: oscillator

When the on-chip oscillator is used this pin must be
connected to VDD. An external clock signal, if used, is input
at this pin.

SCL: serial clock line

Input for the I

SDA: serial data line

Input/output for the I

SAO: address pin

The hardware sub-address line is used to program the
device sub-address for 2 different PCF2116s on the same

2

C-bus.

I

T1: test pad

Must be connected to V

2

C-bus clock signal.

2

C-bus data line.

. Not user accessible.

SS

The bidirectional, 3-state data bus transfers data between
the system controller and the PCF2116. DB7 may be used
as the busy flag, signalling that internal operations are not
yet completed. In 4-bit operations the 4 higher order lines
DB4 to DB7 are used; DB0 to DB3 must be left open
circuit. There is an internal pull-up on each of the data
lines.

C1 to C60: column driver outputs

These pins output the data for pairs of columns.
This arrangement permits optimized COG layout for 4-line
by 12 characters.

R1 to R32: row driver outputs

These pins output the row select waveforms to the left and
right halves of the display.

: LCD power supply

V

LCD

Negative power supply for the liquid crystal display.
This may be generated on-chip or supplied externally.

: V

V

0

The input level at this pin determines the generated V

control input

LCD

LCD

output voltage.

(1) When I2C-bus is used, the parallel interface pin E must be

defined: E = logic0; in I
be left open circuit.

2

C-bus read mode DB0 to DB7 must

BLOCK DIAGRAM FUNCTIONS
LCD supply voltage generator

The on-chip voltage generator is controlled by bit G of the
function set command and V

.

0

V0 is a high-impedance input and draws no current from
the system power supply. Its range is between VSS and
VDD− 1 V. When V0 is connected to VDD the generator is
switched off and an external voltage must be supplied to
pin V

. This may be more negative than VSS.

LCD

When G = logic 1 the generator produces a negative
voltage at pin V

, controlled by the input voltage at

LCD

pin V0. The LCD operating voltage is given by the
relationship:

VOP= 1.8VDD− V

0

Where:

VOP=VDD− V
V

LCD=V0

When G = logic 0, the generated output voltage V

LCD

−(0.8VDD)

LCD

is

equal to V0 (between VSS and VDD). In this instance:

VOP=VDD− V

When V

LCD

decoupled to VDD with a suitable capacitor. VDD and V

0

is generated on-chip the V

pin should be

LCD

0

must be selected to limit the maximum value of VOPto 9 V.
Figure 3 shows the two control characteristics for

the generator.

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In the PCF2116K version, V0 is connected through an
on-chip resistor (R0) to V
value of 1 MΩ and draws a typical current of 4 µA from the
pin V0. A constant voltage (equal to 1.34VDD) is always
present across R0.

Its voltage range is between VSS and VDD− 0.5 V
(see Fig.4). When V0 is connected to VDD the generator is
switched off and an external voltage must be supplied to
pin V

. This may be more negative than VSS.

LCD

When G = logic 1 the generator produces a negative
voltage at pin V

, controlled by the input voltage at

LCD

pin V0. The LCD operating voltage is given by the
relationship:

VOP= 2.34VDD− V

Where:

VOP=VDD− V
V

LCD=V0

LCD

−(1.34VDD).

When G = logic 0, the generated output voltage V
equal to V0 (between VSS and VDD). In this instance:

VOP=VDD− V

0

Character generator ROM (CGROM)

The standard character set ‘C’ is available for the
PCF2116K.

. Resistor R0 has a nominal

LCD

0

LCD

is

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

Oscillator

The on-chip oscillator provides the clock signal for the
display system. No external components are required and
the OSC pin must be connected to V

External clock

If an external clock is to be used this is input at the OSC
pin. The resulting display frame frequency is given by
f

frame=fosc

/2304. A clock signal must always be present,

otherwise the LCD may be frozen in a DC state.

Power-on reset

The power-on reset block initializes the chip after
power-on or power failure.

Registers

The PCF2116 has two 8-bit registers, an Instruction
Register (IR) and a Data Register (DR). The Register
Select signal (RS) determines which register will be
accessed.

The instruction register stores instruction codes such as
display clear and cursor shift, and address information for
the Display Data RAM (DDRAM) and Character Generator
RAM (CGRAM). The instruction register can be written
from but not read by the system controller.

DD

.

LCD bias voltage generator

The intermediate bias voltages for the LCD display are
also generated on-chip. This removes the need for an
external resistive bias chain and significantly reduces the
system power consumption. The optimum levels depend
on the multiplex rate and are selected automatically when
the number of lines in the display is defined.

The optimum value of V

depends on the multiplex rate,

OP

the LCD threshold voltage (Vth) and the number of bias
levels and is given by the relationships in Table 1.

Using a 5-level bias scheme for 1 : 16 mux rate allows
VOP< 5 V for most LCD liquids. The effect on the display
contrast is negligible.

Table 1 Optimum values for V

MUX RATE

OP

NUMBER OF BIAS

LEVELS

1 : 16 5 3.67 1.277
1 : 32 6 5.19 1.196

The data register temporarily stores data to be read from
the DDRAM and CGRAM. When reading, data from the
DDRAM or CGRAM corresponding to the address in the
address counter is written to the data register prior to being
read by the read data instruction.

Busy flag

The busy flag indicates the internal status of the PCF2116,
a logic 1 indicating that the chip is busy and further
instructions will not be accepted. The busy flag is output to
pin DB7 when RS = logic 0 and R/

W = logic 1.
Instructions should only be written after checking that the
busy flag is logic 0 or waiting for the required number of
clock cycles.

VOP/V

th

DISCRIMINATION

Von/V

off

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9

V

OP

8

7

6

5

4

3.5

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

9 V

V = 1.8 x V

OP(max) DD

6 = V

DD

G = 1

5

4

3

2.5

0123456

V = 0.8 x V 1

OP(min) DD

V

0

MGA798

PCF2116 family

a. High-voltage mode VOP= 1.8VDD− V0.

9

V

OP

8

7

G = 0

6

5

4

4

3.5
0123456

6 = V

DD

5

V

0

b. Buffer mode VOP=VDD− V0.

MGA799

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Fig.3 VOP as a function of V0 control characteristics.

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LCD controller/drivers

V

OP

3.5

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

9

8

5

7

4 = V

DD

6

5

4

0123456

2.5

3

V

OP(min)

= 1.34 × VDD + 0.5

6

V

9 V

G = 1

0

MBH667

PCF2116 family

a. High-voltage mode VOP= 2.34VDD− V0.

9

V

OP

8

7

G = 0

6

5

4

4

3.5
0123456

6 = V

DD

5

V

0

MGA799

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b. Buffer mode VOP=VDD− V0.

Fig.4 VOP as a function of V0 control characteristics (PCF2116K).

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Address counter (AC)

The address counter assigns addresses to the DDRAM
and CGRAM for reading and writing and is set by the
commands ‘Set CGRAM Address’ and ‘Set DDRAM
Address’. After a read/write operation the address counter
is automatically incremented or decremented by 1.
The address counter contents are output to the bus
(DB0 to DB6) when RS = logic 0 and R/W = logic 1.

Display data RAM (DDRAM)

The display data RAM stores up to 80 characters of
display data represented by 8-bit character codes.
RAM locations not used for storing display data can be
used as general purpose RAM. The basic RAM to display
addressing scheme is shown in Fig.5. With no display shift
the characters represented by the codes in the first 12 or
24 RAM locations starting at address 00 in line 1 are
displayed. Subsequent lines display data starting at
addresses 20, 40, or 60H. Figs 6 and 7 show the DDRAM
to display mapping principle when the display is shifted.

The address range for a 1-line display is 00 to 4F; for a
2-line display from 00 to 27 (line 1) and 40 to 67 (line 2);
for a 4-line display from 00 to 13, 20 to 33, 40 to 53 and
60 to 73 for lines 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively.
For 2 and 4-line displays the end address of one line and
the start address of the next line are not consecutive.
When the display is shifted each line wraps around
independently of the others (Figs 6 and 7).

When data is written into the DDRAM wrap-around occurs
from 4F to 00 in 1-line mode and from 27 to 40 and
67 to 00 in 2-line mode; from 13 to 20, 33 to 40, 53 to 60
and 73 to 00 in 4-line mode.

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

Character generator RAM (CGRAM)

Up to 16 user-defined characters may be stored in the
character generator RAM. The CGROM and CGRAM use
a common address space, of which the first column is
reserved for the CGRAM (see Fig.8). Figure 12 shows the
addressing principle for the CGRAM.

Cursor control circuit

The cursor control circuit generates the cursor (underline
and/or character blink as shown in Fig.13) at the DDRAM
address contained in the address counter. When the
address counter contains the CGRAM address the cursor
will be inhibited.

Timing generator

The timing generator produces the various signals
required to drive the internal circuitry. Internal chip
operation is not disturbed by operations on the data buses.

LCD row and column drivers

The PCF2116 contains 32 row and 60 column drivers,
which connect the appropriate LCD bias voltages in
sequence to the display, in accordance with the data to be
displayed. The bias voltages and the timing are selected
automatically when the number of lines in the display is
selected. Figures 14 and 15 show typical waveforms.

In 1-line mode (1 : 16) the row outputs are driven in pairs:
R1/R17, R2/R18 for example. This allows the output pairs
to be connected in parallel, providing greater drive
capability.

Unused outputs should be left unconnected.

Character generator ROM (CGROM)

The character generator ROM generates 240 character
patterns in 5 × 8 dot format from 8-bit character codes.
Figures 8 to 11 show the character sets currently
available.

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Display

handbook, 4 columns

Position
(decimal)

DDRAM
Address
(hex)

DDRAM
Address
(hex)

12345 222324

00 01 02 03 04 15 16 17 18 19 4C 4D 4E 4F

00 01 02 03 04 15 16 17 18 19

1-line display

2-line display

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

non-displayed DDRAM addresses

non-displayed DDRAM address

24 25 26 27

64 65 66 6740 41 42 43 44 55 56 57 58 59

MLA792

PCF2116 family

line 1

line 2

handbook, 4 columns

DDRAM
Address
(hex)

123456789101112

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 30 31 32 33

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53

60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 70 71 72 73

4 line display

non-displayed DDRAM addresses

line 1

line 2

line 3

line 4

MLA793

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Fig.5 DDRAM to display mapping; no shift (PCF2116X).

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Display
Position
(decimal)

DDRAM
Address
(hex)

DDRAM
Address

(hex)

1 2 3 4 5 22 23 24

4F 00 01 02 03 14 15 16

1-line display

27 00 01 02 03

67 40 41 42 43

2-line display

14 15 16

54 55 56

MLA802

line 1

line 2

Display
Position
(decimal)

DDRAM
Address
(hex)

DDRAM
Address

(hex)

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

1 2 3 4 5 22 23 24

0501 02 03 04

1-line display

0501 02 03 04

41 42 43 44 45 56 57 58

2-line display

16 17 18

16 17 18

MLA815

line 1

line 2

123456789101112

13 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A

00

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A33

DDRAM
Address

(hex)

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A53

60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A73

4-line display

MLA803

Fig.6 DDRAM to display mapping; right shift

(PCF2116X).

line 1

line 2

line 3

line 4

123456789101112

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C

DDRAM
Address

(hex)

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C

4-line display

Fig.7 DDRAM to display mapping; left shift

(PCF2116X).

line 1

line 2

line 3

line 4

MLA816

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upper
4 bits

lower
6 bits

xxxx 0000

xxxx 0001

xxxx 0010

xxxx 0011

xxxx 0100

xxxx 0101

0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111

1

2

3

4

5

6

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

xxxx 0110

xxxx 0111

xxxx 1000

xxxx 1001

xxxx 1010

xxxx 1011

xxxx 1100

xxxx 1101

xxxx 1110

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

xxxx 1111 16

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MLB245 - 1

Fig.8 Character set ‘A’ in CGROM; PCF2116A; PCF2114A.

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upper
4 bits

lower
4 bits

xxxx 0000

xxxx 0001

xxxx 0010

xxxx 0011

xxxx 0100

xxxx 0101

0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111

CG
RAM 1

2

3

4

5

6

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

xxxx 0110

xxxx 0111

xxxx 1000

xxxx 1001

xxxx 1010

xxxx 1011

xxxx 1100

xxxx 1101

xxxx 1110

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

xxxx 1111 16

1996 Oct 25 14

MLB895

Fig.9 Character set ‘C’ in CGROM; PCF2116C; PCF2114C.

Philips Semiconductors Product specification

LCD controller/drivers

handbook, full pagewidth

upper
4 bits

lower
6 bits

xxxx 0000

xxxx 0001

xxxx 0010

xxxx 0011

xxxx 0100

xxxx 0101

0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111

CG
RAM 1

2

3

4

5

6

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

xxxx 0110

xxxx 0111

xxxx 1000

xxxx 1001

xxxx 1010

xxxx 1011

xxxx 1100

xxxx 1101

xxxx 1110

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

xxxx 1111 16

1996 Oct 25 15

MLB896

Fig.10 Character set ‘G’ in CGROM; PCF2116G; PCF2114G.

Philips Semiconductors Product specification

LCD controller/drivers

handbook, full pagewidth

upper
4 bits

lower
4 bits

xxxx 0000

xxxx 0001

xxxx 0010

xxxx 0011

xxxx 0100

xxxx 0101

0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111

CG
RAM 1

2

3

4

5

6

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

xxxx 0110

xxxx 0111

xxxx 1000

xxxx 1001

xxxx 1010

xxxx 1011

xxxx 1100

xxxx 1101

xxxx 1110

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

xxxx 1111 16

1996 Oct 25 16

MLB968

Fig.11 Character set ‘J’ in CGROM; PCF2116J; PCF2114J.

Philips Semiconductors Product specification

LCD controller/drivers

handbook, full pagewidth

character codes

(DDRAM data)

76543210 6543210 43210

higher

order

bits

00000000 0000000 0

00000001 0001

00000010

lower

order

bits

CGRAM
address

higher

order

bits

010 0000

lower
order

bits

001 000
010 000
011 0
100 0 00
101 00 0
110 000
111 00000

000 000
001 0 0 0
010

100
101 00 00
110 00 00
111 00000

001

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

character patterns

(CGRAM data)

higher

order

bits

00 00011

lower
order

bits

character

pattern

example 1

cursor

position

character

pattern

example 2

1

1

1

00001111
00001111
00001111
00001111

Character code bits 0 to 3 correspond to CGRAM address bits 3 to 6.
CGRAM address bits 0 to 2 designate character pattern line position. The 8th line is the cursor position and display is performed by logical OR with

the cursor. Data in the 8th line will appear in the cursor position.
Character pattern column positions correspond to CGRAM data bits 0 to 4, as shown in Fig.12 (bit 4 being at the left end).
As shown in Figs 8 and 12, CGRAM character patterns are selected when character code bits 4 to 7 are all logic 0. CGRAM data = logic 1

corresponds to selection for display.
Only bits 0 to 5 of the CGRAM address are set by the ‘Set CGRAM Address’ command. Bit 6 can be set using the ‘Set DDRAM Address’ command

or by using the auto-increment feature during CGRAM write. All bits 0 to 6 can be read using the ‘Read BF and Address’ command.

1
1
111

1
1
1

1
1
1

1

100

1

101

1

110

1

1

MGA800 - 1

Fig.12 Relationship between CGRAM addresses and data and display patterns.

1996 Oct 25 17

Philips Semiconductors Product specification

LCD controller/drivers

5 x 7 dot character font alternating display

cursor display example blink display example

cursor

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

MGA801

Fig.13 Cursor and blink display examples.

1996 Oct 25 18

Philips Semiconductors Product specification

LCD controller/drivers

handbook, full pagewidth

V

DD

V

2

ROW 1

ROW 9

ROW 2

COL 1

V /V

34

V

5

V

LCD

V

DD

V

2

V /V

34

V

5

V

LCD

V

DD

V

2

V /V

34

V

5

V

LCD

V

DD

V

2

V /V

34

V

5

V

LCD

PCF2116 family

(PCF2114X; PCF2116X)

frame n 1frame n

state 1 (ON)
state 2 (ON)

1-line display
(1:16)

COL 2

state 1

state 2

V
V
V /V
V
V

V

op

0.25 V
0 V

0.25 V

V

op

V

op

0.25 V
0 V

0.25 V

V

op

DD
2

3

5
LCD

4

op

op

op

op

123 16123 16

MGA802 - 1

1996 Oct 25 19

Fig.14 Typical LCD waveforms; 1-line mode.